MDE COVID-19 Guidance to Districts as of May 15, 2020

REQUIRED ACTIONS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS

DUE TODAY: Learning-at-Home and Summer Enrichment Plan
We appreciate the time you took in early April to respond to the initial request from the MDE regarding current efforts to support students who are learning at home. In…

RESOURCES

New CDC Guidance on Schools and Child Care Programs: Plan, Prepare, and Respond
View the School Decision Tool published May 15 on the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/index.html The purpose of the tool is to assist administrators in making (re)opening decisions regarding K-12 schools during…

Students with Additional Needs in Remote Learning Environments
Benetech, Bridge Multimedia and CAST are joining forces to bring you this very special “unconference” with support from the Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and the Institute…

Online Safety for Kids Through Virtual Presentations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (CEIU) is now offering virtual presentations for school systems and youth organizations nationwide through the Project…

New Web-based Tool for Early Childhood Educators and Families
The University of Denver’s Marisco Institute offers a free resource for teachers, home visitors, and parents to support learning in mathematics…

Free Apple Professional Development
We would like to invite your educators to join Apple for a series of conferences led by our Apple Professional Learning Specialists. Each virtual conference will run for approximately 45…

Do You Have Questions for MDE?
Please check the MDE COVID-19 Information webpage before emailing your questions to MDE staff. The answers to most of the questions we receive are addressed on the webpage. We also regularly add guidance, answers to new questions and links to our daily update email on this webpage. Daily updates are posted in the Administrator News section of the EdUpdate.

The Educator Licensure Call Center will be open every Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., until further notice. You may reach a licensure team member at 601-359-3483. Due to the anticipated high volume of calls, we encourage you to continue visit the Educator Licensure section of www.mdek12.org/covid19 and www.mdek12.org/licensure before calling the office or emailing questions to the mailto:teachersuppoort@mdek12.org email address. Answers to most questions we receive are addressed on those webpages.

Announcements from all previous email updates are posted in the Administrator News section of the EdUpdate.